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authorPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2013-10-02 08:41:03 +0200
committerPhilipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>2013-10-02 08:41:14 +0200
commitc38b1e776dcc525b6fbe0660c484f1d50d2e0165 (patch)
treeb956c4d52962f9d6702ad906c1ff465b8ba52fde /youtube_dl/__init__.py
parent4f8bf17f23e2366205d8670fc9af2568063f7e89 (diff)
downloadyoutube-dl-c38b1e776dcc525b6fbe0660c484f1d50d2e0165.tar.xz
[youtube] Simplify cache_dir code (#1529)
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/__init__.py')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py8
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index cc771ee89..62b557986 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -113,12 +113,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
pass
return opts
- xdg_cache_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME')
- if xdg_cache_home:
- userCacheDir = os.path.join(xdg_cache_home, 'youtube-dl')
- else:
- userCacheDir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.cache', 'youtube-dl')
-
max_width = 80
max_help_position = 80
@@ -174,7 +168,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
general.add_option('--proxy', dest='proxy', default=None, help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy', metavar='URL')
general.add_option('--no-check-certificate', action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False, help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation.')
general.add_option(
- '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=userCacheDir,
+ '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=get_cachedir(),
help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store downloaded information permanently. %default by default')
general.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=None, dest='cachedir',